Auld Reekie 12 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 42 by Gavin Smith and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Gavin Smith Nose Old-fashioned sticking plasters, herrings in a barrel. Palate Lively, brine and limes, backed by delicate peat-reek. Finish Lengthy and increasingly salty, with cereal 'new make' notes lingering. Comment A drinkable, if relatively undemanding whisky. Perhaps a good introduction to Islay.

Dave Broom Nose Hugely smoky. Jalapeno peppers, kippers, soot. Becomes fragrant and increasingly medicinal. Palate Balancing biscuity/salted crackers crispness. Burning dry leaves, smoked fish. Ointment (Savlon) in taste and texture. Finish Quite perfumed, fragrant smoke. Scallop. Comment Reekie certainly, but auld? Good fun.